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Lenticular 3-D tourist postcard — Plaza de la Catedral / Havana Cathedral (printed in Pyongyang, DPRK)

Postcard

A lenticular ("3-D") pictorial postcard showing the Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Habana (Havana Cathedral) and its plaza. The ribbed lenticular lens produces stereoscopic depth, with the cathedral's distinctive asymmetrical Baroque façade and its two unequal bell towers rising against a graded blue-green sky; the foreground shows the open paving of the Plaza de la Catedral, with the deep relief of the lenticular image exaggerating the recession of the square. Surface ridging and a slight rainbow sheen are visible, characteristic of the lenticular medium. The reverse matches Record 1 in design: "TARJETA POSTAL" heading, vertical "REPÚBLICA DE CUBA" divider, dotted stamp box, and address rules. The caption reads "PLAZA DE LA CATEDRAL / Ciudad de La Habana / CATHEDRAL SQUARE / Havana City," with the printer's line "Impreso en Pyongyang, RPDC" at the foot. The card is unposted, heavily toned, and shows cracking/creasing to the reverse stock.

2025.11.40

Old Havana

Catedral de La Habana

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

2025.11

Purchase

Pyongyang

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Asia

Printed (reverse): "TARJETA POSTAL"; "REPÚBLICA DE CUBA"; "PLAZA DE LA CATEDRAL / Ciudad de La Habana / CATHEDRAL SQUARE / Havana City"; "Impreso en Pyongyang, RPDC." No manuscript, stamp, or postmark.

Single lenticular postcard (one leaf).

Good

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

imegery

Pyongyang

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Asia

production

Catedral de La Habana

Havana

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

imagery

Subject: the Plaza de la Catedral and the Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Habana (Jesuit-built, completed 1777), an iconic Old Havana Baroque church and square.